Wardrobe hook



Patented Dec. 8, 1931 uurrso sTATss PATENT oFFicE JOHN G. MILHIMIE, OF GHICAGO, ILLINOIS WARDROBE HOOK Application filed September 28, 1-929. Serial No; 895,917.

This invention relates to clothes hangers and more particularly to a hook adapted to be used in a wardrobe and from which clothes may be suspended.

One object of the invention is to provide a hook adapted to be mounted in an elevated position and which may be swung from an extended position for use to a folded position out of the way when not in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character in which a pair of hooks are pivotally connected with a single bracket and to so form the hooks and bracket that the hooks be very easily swung either to a position for use or close to a wall parallel thereto.

Another object of the invention is to not only allow the hooks to be very easily swung.

into and out of position for use but also allow them to be held in an extended position and prevented from accidentally swinging out of the position for use.

Another object of the invention is to so connect the hooks with the mounting bracket that they will not be liable to slip loose but at the same time allow them to be easily disconnected from the bracket and others substituted thereby allowing new brackets to be set in place if those in use should become broken and also allow hooks in use to be removed and larger or smaller ones substituted.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein,

Figure 1 is a flat plan view of the improved wardrobe hook,

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing one hook applied to the bracket and swung to a position for use and the other hook removed,

Figure 8 is a sectional view taken along the line 33 of Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a view showing one of the hooks in front elevation.

This improved wardrobe hook consists briefly of a bracket indicated in general by the numeral 1 and adapted to be secured against a wall or the like and hooks 2 pivotedto the bracket for swinging movement from an extended position for use in which they projectoutwardly from the bracket as showni'n full lines in Figure 1 to a folded or retracted position as indicated by dotted lines where they will be out of the way. By this arrangement the hooks may project outwardly from wall a sufficient distance to allow garments to be suspended from them without brushing against a wall and possibly becoming soiled, but when the hooks are not in use they may be swung close to the wall where they will be out of the way and not liable to catch in dresses or other garments suspended in a wardrobe or closet and cansing them to be torn.

The bracket is preferably formed of sheet metal of snliieient thickness to retain its shape and consists o'f'upper and lower leaves 3 and i joined by :a bridge 5 having openings 6 formed therein through which screws or equivalent fasteners may :be passed to secure the bracket against a wall of a wardrobe or closet. '-Openings 7 are formed in the upper leaf adjacent the forward corners thereof and similar openings 8 are formed in the lower leaf 4:. It should be noted, however, that the lower leaf is bent to form recesses or grooves extending diagonally of the leaf from its forward corners to the open ings 8.. By this arrangement the hooks pivotally carried by the leaves may be prev, cd from accidentally swinging rearwardly wl e garments are suspended from the hooks. y

The hooks 2 are of a duplicate construction and each-consists of a strand of resilient wire folded intermediate its ends to form a bill 10 having blunt forward end. The side arms 11 and 12 of the hook are bent toward each other as shown at 13 and 14% with the bent portion 14 of the arm 12 disposed at a downward incline and the end portions of the strand are then bent to provide shanks 15 and 16 extending parallel to each other and terminating in downwardly extending stems 17 and 18 to fit through the openings 7 and 8 of the two leaves of the bracket. The stem 17 is bent as shown at 19 to provide a finger adapted to engage the under face of the upper leaf. Since the bracket is formed of resilient wire and the extension 19 limits upward movement of the arm 15, the arm 16 will bear against the upper face of the lower leaf 4: and have frictional binding engagement therewith. This will cause the lower arm to be seated in the recess leading to the opening through which the stem 18 passes and the bracket will be releasably held in an extended position for use and prevented from being accidentally moved to a retracted position.

When it is desired to remove a hook and substitute a new one the lower arm can be swung upwardly to move its stem or pin out of the opening 8 and the upper arm then tilted upwardly until the pin 17 and extension 19 are withdrawn from the opening 7.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. A device of the character described comprising a bracket having upper and lower leaves formed with openings and the lower leaf having a seat in its upper surface leading from the opening therein to an edge of the leaf, and a hook consisting of a strand of resilient wire bent to form a bill having side arms, one side arm extending over the upper leaf and bent to form a stem extending downwardly through the openings therein and terminating in a horizontal extension engaging the under face of the upper leaf, the other arm being bent downwardly and terminating in a horizontal shank bearing against the upper face of the lower leaf and terminating in a depending stem engaged through the opening in the lower leaf, resiliency of the strand of wire from which the hook is formed causing the extension of the upper arm to bear against the under face of the upper leaf and the shank of the lower arm to have binding engagement with the upper face of the lower leaf and engage in the seat to yieldably retain the hook in a set position.

2. A device of the character described comprising a bracket having upper and lower leaves formed with aligned openings and the lower leaf having a seat in its upper surface leading from the opening therein to an edge of the leaf, and a hook consisting of a strand of resilient wire folded intermediate its ends to form a bill blunt at its outer end and having spaced side arms, one arm being bent to form an upper shank extending l0ngitudinally of the bill intermediate the width thereof and terminating in a stem rotatably engaged through the opening in the upper leaf and having its lower end bent to engage the under face of the upper leaf, the other arm being JOHN G. MILHIME. 

